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I hope this is to your approval.

I worked this from a full size direct of the camera.
Just enhancement and a focus sharpen but no colour alterations at all.

The origional size was 824 KB
Then reduced to 94.1 by MS XP



Keith

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WOW

What is that, one of the shellies?

Absolutely stunning, those colors could put any marine fish to shame.

Great job on the pic as always Keith

Last edited by bensaf at 30-Sep-2004 07:37

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Hey, there - I took that shot! Keith has been fiddling with it to see what he can do.

Keith - doesn't it still rather more blurred than the bitmap? And the lightening seems to have made visible a line off of the glass or something I didn't know was there. There's no shrugging smiley but ... I just don't know! Thanks very much for fiddling with it, though.

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Litle Mousling

The focus of the eye and mouth is ok but the further away from the camera seems out of focus. Also it could be a speed problem and/or both.

I know zero about your camera and can not assist you there. There are others on this forum who could assist you with you camera settings.

A question I did not play with the colours at all, how close is it to the actualy colours?

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Seems fairly close - obviously the colors are a little "extra bright" thanks to the flash, but not so far off it looks like a different fish.

Speed isn't manual, so if that's an issue there's not much I could do. I already shoot with flash oto keep the speed up, I've used the "movement" setting for some pictures (Endler's in the big tank, for example) but I don't know how it would work with these guys - I guess I should try it!

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The focus issue is a result of the depth of field. The smaller the f-stop used on the aperature setting the narrower the range of focus. It's also somewhat linked to speed as the smaller the aperture opening the more time needed to take the photo. If you try for a higher aperture setting that still allows you to take a fast shot it should work, although this is difficult when using a flash as the camera usually autos toa speed of 1/60 and a corresponding aperture to make use of the timing of the flash.

Phew.Mamories of my old photography days coming back when cameras were a lot simpler.

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Erm. I'm afraid, Bensaf, I understood rather little of that - cameras make me feel quite useless! The one I'm using now has veeeery few manual settings - I can't adjust the aperture, there's definitely no F-stop, and I can't adjust the speed except by using a different setting. Thanks, though, I'll spend a bit more time trying to work out what all of that stuff means. See, all these helpful people, and I'm so unhelpfully idiotic about the whole camera process!

For example, here's a shot on the "moving subject" setting, I think it's more in focus? Maybe?


(and the picture that's been sparking the debate:
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LittleMousling

What I am about to suggest might sound a bit stupid.

Can you place a fixed object about the same shape and size of the fish in question in the tank at the same angle and distance from the front of the tank.

Now take some photos this will tell you if it is a speed or a focus problem (I hope)

Here is a very good camera site. Locate your brand, then the camera. It is a photography forum and there is bound to be someone who could assist you with using the camera.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/

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No need to stick anything in there, I think - here's a shot of one of the shells. This is the full size the camera took but cropped so it's under 100 kb.


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LittleMousling

At a guess I would say it looks like a focus problem not speed. I still suggest have your camera checked to make sure it is set corectly.
Anyway an interesting photo.

Keith

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K, I'll see who I can talk to about having it checked. Thanks again.

Which is interesting, the shell or the fish?

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LittleMousling

Both are interesting as you can see by the comments so far.

Keith

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nice shellies LM! are they similis?

Yup, these are my similis - who just had some more fry. Silly things.

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